[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]A strong relationship between the arts and politics, particularly between various kinds of art and power, occurs across historical epochs and cultures. As they respond to contemporaneous events and politics, the arts take on political as well as social dimensions, becoming themselves a focus of controversy and even a force of political as well as social change. (Wikipedia)
Art is defined by Aristotle as the realization in external form of a true idea, and is traced back to that natural love of imitation which characterizes humans, and to the pleasure which we feel in recognizing likenesses. (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”1883,1884,1885,1851,1850,1848,1847,1846,1845,1844,1849,1843″ display_title_caption=”true” layout=”3″ gallery_style=”1″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Needle felting: the art of poking a ball of fluff until it becomes solid, or I get bored and walk away, likely the latter will happen first. The above statement could not be written with more ignorance. Truth is, I’ve never actually done needle felting, but I’m about to, and I tend to get anxious …
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A sneak preview of artworks for my upcoming show I’m in the middle of the first series of artworks I’ve made since starting the League in 2016. In addition to several pretty paintings, I think I might be approaching 20 different (and pretty) drypoint images for Some Pretty Paintings, my solo show at Smith & …
Art Trumps Politics
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